Jens Lapidus’ The No-Go Zone has been shortlisted for the Dutch ThrillZone Awards 2022 for ‘Best Translated Thriller’.
The winners will be announced the 24th of December.
The ThrillZone Awards is awarded by ThrillZone, a fan-run literary blog in the Netherlands. The nominees are selected by the ThrillZone editors and reviewers.
Lars Kepler’s The Spider is back at No. 1 on the hardcover bestseller list in Sweden. Kristina Ohlsson’s Icebreaker is No. 1 on the paperback list, where it has ruled supreme for four weeks and counting.
The nominations for the Guldbagge Awards for the film year 2022 are out, and Tarik Saleh’s Boy from Heaven is presented with seven nominations, including ‘Best Film’, ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best Screenplay’.
The Guldbagge Awards Gala takes place at Cirkus in Stockholm on January 23, 2023.
Björn Natthiko Lindeblad’s highly inspirational life story and legacy keeps travelling the world; his awarded and No. 1 bestselling book I May Be Wrong is now sold to 30 territories!
In I May Be Wrong, the late Björn Natthiko Lindeblad, a former Buddhist forest monk, shared his hard-won insights into how one can live a more free and present life, improving one’s mental well-being in the process. Finding hope and beauty in the face of unfavorable odds, and drawing from his experiences of monastery life, where death was ever-present, he also reflected on what stood out as most important when things were coming to an end. Besides brimming with eye-opening perspectives, this life-affirming book further outlines helpful hands-on exercises we can use in our daily lives to find our inner peace.
Jo Nesbø’s international bestseller, Killing Moon, is back at No. 1 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for hardcovers this week. Killing Moon is the thirteenth Harry Hole novel.
Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s largest national newspaper, has announced a list of this year’s best crime novels which features and praises Erik Axl Sund’s Paper Souls, Anders de la Motte’s The Mountain King and Liza Marklund’s The Mire.
Matias Faldbakken’s Poor Thing and Anders de la Motte’s The Mountain King are two of the titles featured on Norweigan newspaper Verdens Gang’s “Best books of the year 2022” list for literature & fiction. The annual list is one put together by renowned critics by picking out their own personal favorite reads of the past year.
Photo: Kiefer Lee
Screenwriter and director Andrej Landin fell in love with filmmaking as a child and never looked back. His evocative and acclaimed short films have moved audiences around the world and his passion for creating unique and original concepts has always come naturally.
To pursue a career in filmmaking, Landin moved to the US to attend the prestigious Chapman University, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, where he graduated at the top of his class. His thesis film, Into the Silent Sea (2013), went on to screen at numerous Academy accredited film festivals, where it garnered more than 30 awards, including a student BAFTA for ‘Best Film’. This paved the way for several more acclaimed shorts produced in both Europe and the US.
Landin also has a background in advertising. As a commercial director he gained industry recognition for several commercials, and received a nomination at Cannes Young Directors. But having always dreamed of writing and directing for film and television, Landin decided to further polish his skills as a screenwriter at the renowned Stockholm University of the Arts. He now has several original projects in-development, including a TV series with Kärnfilm.
The August Prize winning The Details by Ia Genberg shoots to No. 3 on the official Swedish bestseller list for hardcover fiction. The No. 1 spot on the paperback list meanwhile goes to Kristina Ohlsson and Icebreaker, which places first for the third week in a row.
Johanna Holmström’s collection of bloodcurling short stories Lucid Dreams: A User’s Manual has been shortlisted for the Runeberg Award 2022. Holmström “explores the uncanny and ominous which exists in both society and in us” according to the jury, who also state that Holmström’s short stories move from the most unthinkable in the present, towards a fantasy future, where the border between utopia and dystopia is blurred.
Türkiye, Nova kitap
Closed by Emma Granberg
India, Chaaya
Closed by Emma Granberg
Japan, Shinchosha
Closed by Tuttle-Mori Agency on behalf of Federico Ambrosini
Finland, Johnny Kniga
Two-book deal closed by Federico Ambrosini
Denmark, Modtryk
Two-book deal closed by Federico Ambrosini
Czech Republic, Grada
Closed by Federico Ambrosini
Magnificent!
– Les Échos
Addictive. (…) Jørn Lier Horst and Jan-Erik Fjell have crafted a chilling thriller you won’t be able to put down.
– Biba
We’re already looking forward to reading the next one.
– Le Courrier Picard
Blending personal dramas with podcast-style narration, this effective and moving novel, set against a backdrop of male violence and revenge, also reminds us that a single testimony, even years later, can help solve a case.
– Version Femina
Tense and captivating.
– Ici Paris
Recently divorced and disillusioned by life, freelance journalist Desiree Swahn is handed a job by her new boss: to write a portrait of legendary star chef, Pierre Bernard. It’s an assignment far from the prestigious one she’d been promised. But Desiree and Pierre’s meeting will come to be more transformative than she could have ever imagined. Pierre Bernard’s life hasn’t only been filled with culinary accomplishments, but also passionate love and heart-rending sorrow. He takes Desiree on a journey through time, from the Grand Hotel in Stockholm in the 1920s, to Paris and a war-torn London, to a Budapest in upheaval, and the most iconic wedding of the century.
